I'm finishing up my re-read of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and am moving onto The Song of the Nibelungs._________________
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Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:15 pm

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AdmiralStevenPadawan

Joined: 20 Sep 2012Posts: 64Location: Cape Cod, MA

I'm reading a manuscript to a book a friend of mine wrote called "Helen's Crown." The book would be considered Historical Fiction genre.

Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:20 pm

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Caedus_16Master

Joined: 15 Apr 2008Posts: 5355Location: Korriban

AdmiralSteven wrote:

I'm reading a manuscript to a book a friend of mine wrote called "Helen's Crown." The book would be considered Historical Fiction genre.

Synopsis? I like historical fiction and am always on the lookout for new stuff._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

I finished slogging through A Storm of Swords, which thankfully picked up in the last third and had a very good cliffhanger, so I moved on to A Feast for Crows, and have now started A Dance with Dragons. I've heard that a lot of people don't like these two, but I really liked AFfC and I am enjoying ADwD much more than I did ASoS.

I've yet to finish ADwD, despite much effort. I don't dislike it, but it just doesn't capture my attention like the first three books.

I'm finishing up my re-read of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and am moving onto The Song of the Nibelungs.

Out of curiosity, there are two ways to read the Narnia series, correct? Which way, do you think, should a newcomer to the series read it?_________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:39 am

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ReepicheepMaster

Joined: 05 Feb 2008Posts: 7814Location: Sailing into the unknown

^ Publication for sure. All new copies of the series are published in chronological order, so you just have to ignore the numbers on the spine.

Publication order is:

1. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950)
2. Prince Caspian (1951)
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
4. The Silver Chair (1953)
5. The Horse and His Boy (1954)
6. The Magician's Nephew (1955)
7. The Last Battle (1956)_________________
Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:45 pm

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Alan Skywalker VMaster

Joined: 10 Apr 2011Posts: 660

Queen Padmè Skywalker wrote:

I've yet to finish ADwD, despite much effort. I don't dislike it, but it just doesn't capture my attention like the first three books.

The 'rents have been watching Season 1 of GOT and Mom wants to read the books - so do I - so I ordered the 5 volume PB box set Saturday and it shipped this morning. Hopefully it'll be here before the week's out.

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:20 pm

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AdmiralStevenPadawan

Joined: 20 Sep 2012Posts: 64Location: Cape Cod, MA

Caedus_16 wrote:

AdmiralSteven wrote:

I'm reading a manuscript to a book a friend of mine wrote called "Helen's Crown." The book would be considered Historical Fiction genre.

Synopsis? I like historical fiction and am always on the lookout for new stuff.

In short, it's about some gold that a German archaeologist, by the name of Heinrich Schlieman, found in what was once the Ottoman Empire that was supposedly linked to Helen of Troy. During WWII, this gold was taken by the Russians and the Germans are trying to get it back. There is, of course, the intrigue that goes along with the story. According to what my friend told me it the main events in the story, the gold, where it was buried and the murder that took place right after the burial of the gold, actually took place. There are some events and characters and what not that have been added, but it's a good read so far.

^ Publication for sure. All new copies of the series are published in chronological order, so you just have to ignore the numbers on the spine.

Publication order is:

1. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950)
2. Prince Caspian (1951)
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
4. The Silver Chair (1953)
5. The Horse and His Boy (1954)
6. The Magician's Nephew (1955)
7. The Last Battle (1956)

But, but, but the numbers command it, and it must be so!

Thanks, Reep!_________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:58 am

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Alan Skywalker VMaster

Joined: 10 Apr 2011Posts: 660

A Song of Ice and Fire Book I: A Game of Thrones. Very good so far; I'm up to the end of Eddard's first POV chapter.

I'll loo forward to hearing your thoughts on the book, Alan. You watched the show first, I think? I read the book first, so I wonder how our impressions will stack up._________________All things die, Anakin Skywalker, even stars burn out.

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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:41 pm

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Dog-Poop_WalkerMaster

Joined: 28 Jan 2012Posts: 1637Location: Simulation and Simulacra

Since a few people here have read/are readinf ASoIaF and Game of Thrones has been discussed in the TV thread, maybe it should have it's own thread like we do with Walking Dead?_________________Spread out all around us is a petrified world, a world of Things, where we ourselves, our gestures, and even our feelings figure in as Things. Nothing can belong to us as truly our own in such a landscape of death. Under commodity occupation the most concrete truth about everything is the truth of it's infinite replaceablity.

I think that's a good idea, yes._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:20 am

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Alan Skywalker VMaster

Joined: 10 Apr 2011Posts: 660

Sorry to disappoint you, Pdame, but I haven't watched the show at all, and I'm not permitted to. Even though I'm more than old enough to watch Thrones as well as Tudors and Rome, Dad and Mom both nixed letting me watch them because of the explict sexual content.

I think a separate ASOIAF thread would be a good idea.

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:10 am

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Taral-DLOSMaster

Joined: 23 Nov 2010Posts: 1998Location: Ontario, Canada

I finally finished Mockingjay. A great book, though my least favourite of the trilogy (but, like with Star Wars movies, my least favourite is still like a 7/10).

It was just so different from the other two books (which, I guess, it needed to be), but I preferred the previous two, particularly Catching Fire.

Next up: Rot & Ruin, a Zombie book by Jonathan Maberry.

Also, I'll be reading along with Crash Course: Literature this winter, which will include:
The Odyssey by Homer
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Hamlet by Bill Shakespeare
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Probably won't read all of them (slow reader, some harder to get than others). But I'll check it out._________________http://taralbooks.blogspot.ca